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01 Apr 2015 6:11:54am

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Hiya Carol,

This is another two part answer. I'll try not to get your head spinning too much again!

I feel very content with my life and within my own skin. Which is a huge statement given that by any reasonable criteria you choose, my life seems a mess.

I'm an insomniac and my head is always full of metaphysical chatter and explorations. But that has always been the case and hasn't really changed in the years since I started using Transcendent Compounds.

But even if I was not in a state of contentment with respect to my life, I don't believe that this would invalidate the process itself. Discontent is itself a valuable tool to action. Often in life we need to work through difficulties in order to reach the promised land. Sometimes it is the discontent that drives us to do the hard work needed for any worthwhile achievement.

There is a thing that I call the "Principle of Life", which states that "Life is about the journey; there can be no destination". Either we are infinite, in which case we can't get there, or we aren't in which case we most likely don't want to.

I find the reality of my own ignorance to be exciting. In my mind, nothing would be worse than the discovery that I knew everything and had nothing left to learn.

My journey is one of learning and discovery, rather than the discovery of "Truth". Once we've discovered "Truth", we have nothing to do but twiddle our thumbs and wait for death. It would be like going on the holiday of a lifetime and discovering that when you got there you were right back home.

With the recognition that there never can be "Truth", each new discovery becomes merely the stepping stone to something yet greater. The transient nature of each new discovery simply creates a yearning for more.

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